figure vs strip

figure

noun
  • A shape. 

  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A number, an amount. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

verb
  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

strip

noun
  • A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area. 

  • The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease. 

  • The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. 

  • Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes. 

  • The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters. 

  • A strip steak. 

  • The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters. 

  • A trough for washing ore. 

  • An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle. 

  • A landing strip. 

  • A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively. 

  • A comic strip. 

  • A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities. 

  • A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule. 

verb
  • To perform a striptease. 

  • To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.) 

  • To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation. 

  • To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling. 

  • To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing). 

  • To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule. 

  • To pare off the surface of (land) in strips. 

  • To remove the insulation from a wire/cable. 

  • To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands". 

  • To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. 

  • To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves). 

  • To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color. 

  • To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening. 

  • To remove cargo from (a container). 

  • To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged. 

  • To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit). 

  • To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. 

  • To fail to pick up a spin from the grooves in a rifle barrel. 

  • To take off clothing. 

  • To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. 

  • To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest. 

  • To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk. 

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